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Architecture+Women NZ member Natasha Markham of MAUD

Next to take the mic in our ongoing series is an accomplished lady indeed. What with running her own practice (MAUD — Markham Architecture & Urban Design), co-hosting a podcast (76 Small Rooms), parenting and everything else, Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland architect Natasha Markham definitely needs the good breakfast and strong coffee she says keep her firing on all cylinders. She also thinks she might need to say no more, but luckily she didn’t start with us when we asked… What was your journey to establishing MAUD in 2015? After graduating from the University of Auckland, I worked at Cook Sargisson
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Architecture+Women NZ member Raphaela Rose

As our Architecture+Women NZ series continues, we’re joined by the boundary-pushing Raphaela Rose. Raphaela, you graduated from the University of Auckland with a Master of Architecture in 2013 — did you immediately set out to make waves? I was fortunate to have several inspiring teachers at university, who really challenged me to view architecture through different lenses, moving beyond four walls and a roof. In one of my final crits at architecture school, I had a critic tell me I wasn’t making ‘real’ architecture, but rather than being put off by his comments — as I think he’d hoped
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Architecture+Women NZ member Beth Cameron

Growing up in Heratini/Geraldine, South Canterbury, Beth Cameron was profoundly affected by her parents’ interest in architecture, and their design and build of their family home and garden. It shaped her perception of what’s possible in terms of creating environments, and turned the kid who was always making (with paper and cellotape her preferred media) towards architecture as a career. Has it delivered on those dreams so far, Beth? The journey has been one of growth, challenge, exploration and constant research — to be honest, it’s exceeded what I thought was possible. I feel incredibly lucky that it’s provided
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Timely insights from Architecture+Women NZ member Katrina Keshaw

Katrina, after you and your partner Xuan McArthur Nguyen graduated from the University of Auckland and honed your craft in Aotearoa, you moved to Japan in 2013. What was a key design lesson you learned over there? I think the biggest lesson I learned was in Tokyo, when we were both working for Keiji Ashizawa Design, which is influenced by the Japanese cultural value of ‘indirectness’ through communication. In situations like meetings, it’s respectful to allow space and time for ideas to be generated and thoughts to be gathered, so meetings would last a few hours. This philosophy of
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Architecture+Women NZ members Kate Rogan and Eva Nash on what they love best

What drew you two to architecture? Kate: I’ve always wanted to be an architect. My grandfather, Norman Knowles, who died before I was born, was a draughtsperson who worked  on drawings for the Auckland Harbour Bridge. I see his achievement most days and it’s a built legacy for him and my family. I guess because of this, I’ve always felt like design is in my blood. His success makes me feel as if I’m carrying on where he left off. Eva: I grew up in a house designed by the architects who designed the Auckland Museum — Grierson, Aimer & Draffin
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Women in architecture: Let’s get visible

As Architecture+Women NZ continues its drive for equity in the architecture industry, we spoke to one of its co-founders in the first in an ongoing series. Lynda Simmons —Architecture+Women NZ So Lynda, what sparked the idea to start Architecture+Women NZ? It began with a conversation with Julie Wilson in early 2011 about the high number of women leaving the profession. We decided to increase the visibility of the many women who train in architecture with an exhibition timed for the 20th anniversary of the Constructive Agenda: 60 Years of Women in Architecture in New Zealand exhibition, held in 1993. The
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Let DonnellDay Architecture’s Lisa Day give you a feel for intuitive design

She’s the latest talented lady in our ongoing Architecture+Women NZ series. Lisa, you take an intriguing approach to your craft… The approach I’ve developed over the past 10 years at DonnellDay Architecture follows principles of intuitive design. It combines a responsiveness to the individual requirements of the client, the site and the environment with elements of biophilic design, which adopts aspects of the natural world to contribute to human health, wellbeing and performance. I think a home needs to feel as though it’s ‘meant to be’. It should gently encourage and enable people to focus on the core aspects
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Bureaux’s Maggie Carroll and Jessica Walker on their architecture journey

Join us for a chat with the Architecture+Women NZ members about their practice. What led you to your careers in architecture? Jess: Strangely, we’d both planned to study medicine, but somewhat inadvertently ended up at the University of Auckland’s School of Architecture, thanks to chance conversations and the realisation that it’d be a good fit for our shared love of arts and sciences. You’ve been running your Auckland-based practice Bureaux together since 2010 — how has it evolved over the years? Maggie: We started with just the two of us working collaboratively, and founded Bureaux in the aftermath of
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Jade Kake of Matakohe Architecture + Urbanism on kaupapa Māori design and more

In the next installment of our ongoing Architecture+Women NZ series, we spoke to its Munro Diversity Award winner. Jade, what led you down the architecture path? I think my interest really started through growing up in a timber house designed and built by my dad. My grandfather on my dad’s side was a design draughtsman for infrastructure projects such as bridges and dams, so that had an influence too. And I was also interested in whakairo [carving] and rāranga [weaving]; I really didn’t know much about these artforms at that time, but it was something that always featured in
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Beth Ellery is known for her fashion design, but her skills don’t stop there

As children growing up in Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Beth Ellery and her sisters were helped by their mum to design and make their own outfits, so it wasn’t that much of a stretch when years later, on graduating from the architecture programme she started at the University of Auckland in 1996, she decided it was in clothing, not homes, that her design ambitions lay. Beth wound up working for the venerable Marilyn Sainty of Scotties, who mentored and supported her to launch her own label in 2002. When Marilyn retired, Beth stayed on to co-run the Scotties, Beth Ellery and Camille

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